bile salt

noun

The sodium salt of a bile acid; produced by the bile to neutralize the products leaving the stomach and to emulsify fatty material in it.

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Meanings

nounbile salt (plural bile salts)

plural bile salts

  1. The sodium salt of a bile acid; produced by the bile to neutralize the products leaving the stomach and to emulsify fatty material in it.

Translations

Finnish sappisuola
  • sappisuolabile salt
Hungarian epesó
  • epesóbile salt
Japanese 胆汁酸塩
  • 胆汁酸塩 (tanjūsan'en)bile salt
Swedish gallsalt
  • gallsaltbile salt
Cite this entry
APA

bile salt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bile%20salt

MLA

“bile salt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bile%20salt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bile salt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bile%20salt.

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